Auschwitz

/ 16 June 2021

June 16: Redemption through negation

When we rebel and part ways with the barbarism of the apartheid and the democratic state, we will keep the memory of this historic event alive for current and future generations

By Sandile Ngidi

Opinion

/ 11 June 2021

Artivism: a powerful tool for reconciliation

An exhibition with collections from around the world asks us to reflect on mass atrocity to enact a just future

By Puleng Segalo

Article

/ 27 June 2018

Poland to amend controversial Holocaust law

The amendment is designed to remove fines or criminal penalties for anyone found guilty of ascribing Nazi crimes to the Polish state

By Agency

Article

/ 21 May 2018

Germany’s Nazi hunters in final straight of race against time

For decades after the war, the German government showed little haste to track down many of those involved in the organised mass murder

By Yannick Pasquet

Article

/ 4 May 2018

The intolerable loss of dignity

Obliterating being human is beyond our comprehension and so we invoke evil and dignity – but the wound is indelible

By Rafael Winkler

Article

/ 6 February 2018

Poland’s president signs controversial Holocaust bill into law

The law sets fines or a maximum three-year jail term for anyone who describes Nazi German death camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau as being Polish

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 29 November 2017

‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’, 96, fit to serve jail term: German court

Oskar Gröning was found guilty in July 2015 of being an accessory to the murders of 300 000 people at the Nazi death camp.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 29 May 2015

Letters to the editor: May 29 to June 5 2015

Readers write in about contraceptives, Holocaust education and the danger of essentialising.

By Letters

Article

/ 21 April 2015

‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ goes on trial in Germany

Former Nazi officer dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" went on trial in Germany, with almost 70 Holocaust survivors relatives at the court.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 2 April 2015

The living march, lest we forget

After escaping the Nazis in Poland, it took Irene Klass 70 years to return to the ghetto and her home. This is her story.

By Robyn Sassen

Article

/ 27 January 2015

Remembering Auschwitz 70 years on

Survivors return to Auschwitz on the 70th anniversary after victims were set free as leaders sound alarm.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 28 May 2012

Dutch Nazi fugitive dies at 90

Nazi war criminal, Klaas Carel Faber, who escaped from a Dutch jail and lived as a fugitive in Germany for 60 years has died at the age of 90.

By Erik Kirschbaum

Article

/ 6 March 2012

Netanyahu’s war talk ups the ante in Iranian standoff

An uncompromising speech in the US by Israel’s prime minister has persuaded the public back home that war with Iran is possible, perhaps even likely.

By Crispian Balmer

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Article

/ 27 September 2011

Musical ‘masterpiece’ captures horror of Auschwitz

Opera composed by a Polish Jew and based on a survivor’s novel makes its British debut.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 22 November 2010

In the name of the mother: Ashes go to Treblinka

A Polish expatriate’s last wish is to be buried at the site of her Jewish family’s death place: A death camp called Treblinka.

By Aron Heller

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Article

/ 18 December 2009

Israel outraged over Auschwitz theft

Israel on Friday condemned as a "declaration of war" the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 5 May 2005

Thousands gather to remember Holocaust

Thousands of Jews and other people from around the world gathered in southern Poland on Thursday to march through the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in memory of the millions who died in the Holocaust. Under a grey sky and occasional hisses of rainfall, the crowd made its way to the main camp at Auschwitz.

By Karin Zeitvogel

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Article

/ 27 January 2005

World gathers to remember Auschwitz

World leaders were on Thursday to stand side-by-side with about 1Â 000 survivors of the Auschwitz death camp for an emotional ceremony under a blanket of snow to mark the camp’s liberation 60 years ago. Ten thousand people were expected to pay tribute to the at least 1,1-million people who died at Auschwitz.

By Staff Reporter

June 16: Redemption through negation

Artivism: a powerful tool for reconciliation

Poland to amend controversial Holocaust law

Germany’s Nazi hunters in final straight of race against time

The intolerable loss of dignity

Poland’s president signs controversial Holocaust bill into law

‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’, 96, fit to serve jail term: German court

Letters to the editor: May 29 to June 5 2015

‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ goes on trial in Germany

The living march, lest we forget

Remembering Auschwitz 70 years on

Dutch Nazi fugitive dies at 90

Netanyahu’s war talk ups the ante in Iranian standoff

Musical ‘masterpiece’ captures horror of Auschwitz

In the name of the mother: Ashes go to Treblinka

Israel outraged over Auschwitz theft

Thousands gather to remember Holocaust

World gathers to remember Auschwitz

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